2018.rigastratcomdialogue.org

All Speakers Moderators

Mr Alex Aiken

 Executive Director of Government Communication, Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office Communications Great Britain

Ms Jente Althuis

Doctoral Researcher, King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC), King’s College London Netherlands

Mr Eric Applewhite

Director for Technology and Transformation at KPMG UK United Kingdom

Mr Ali Aslan

TV Presenter & Journalist, Deutsche Welle TV Germany

Mrs Ingrid Bicu

Head of the Communications and International Affairs Department, Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania Romania

Dr Neville Bolt

Director King's Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC), King’s College London Great Britain

Mr Ramsay Brown

Chief Operations Officer, Boundless Mind, Inc. United States

Prof Gemma Calvert

Professor of Neuromarketing, Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Mr Paolo Cesarini

Representative, DG Communications Networks, European Commission Belgium

Prof Jan Engelmann

Associate Professor of Neuroeconomics, Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making (CREED),  Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam Netherlands

Dr Ofer Fridman

Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London Israel

Ms Alina Frolova

Director, Strategic Communications of Ukraine Ukraine

Ms Marina Gorbis

Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF) United States

Mr Gilan Gork

Founder, Influence Institute South Africa

Ms Leonie Haiden

Doctoral Researcher, King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC), King’s College London Austria

Dr Steve Harrison

Advertiser and Creative Director Great Britain

Mr Ben Heap

Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Great Britain

H.E. Mr Tacan Ildem

NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO HQ Turkey

Dr Charles Kriel

Director, Kriel.Agency United States

Mr Eerik-Niiles Kross

Member of the Estonian Parliament Estonia

Ms Kadri Kütt

Head of Communications, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Estonia

Mr Erik Lagersten

Director Communication and Public Affairs of region Västra Götaland Sweden

Mr Mark Laity

Chief StratCom, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Great Britain

Mr Thomas Eymond Laritaz

Managing Director, Mercury France

Ms Dagnija Lejina

Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Freedom Festival Latvia

Dr Inese Libina-Egnere

Deputy Speaker, Chair of the National Security Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Latvia Latvia

Prof Jarno Limnéll

Aalto University Finland

Mr Edward Lucas

Senior VP, CEPA Great Britain

Dr Carlos Malamud

Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute Spain

Mr Mikk Marran

Director General, Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service Estonia

Prof Arnaud Mercier

Université Panthéon-Assas France

Prof Benjamin Newell

Deputy Head of the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales Australia

Dr Michael Platt

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania United States

Mr Bob Posner

Director of Political Finance and Regulation & Legal Counsel, UK Electoral Commission Great Britain

Mr Ilmar Raag

Head of Unit, Estonian Defence League Estonia

Mr Tarmo Randel

Technology Branch researcher, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Estonia

Mr Janis Sarts

Director, NATO StratCom COE Latvia

Ms Juliette Schmidt

Senior Conflict and Security, Elections and Political Processes Specialist, Independent Consulting Canada

Mr Jonas Survila

Independent Expert on Political Communications, King’s College of London Lithuania

Dr Briony Swire-Thompson

Postdoctoral Researcher, Northeastern University Great Britain

Ms Päivi Tampere

The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Finland

General Riho Terras

Commander, Estonian Defence Forces Estonia

Mr Patrick Tucker

Technology editor, Defense One United States

Dr Andriy Tyushka

Research Fellow, European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, European Interdisciplinary Studies Department (Natolin (Warsaw) Campus) Ukraine

Mr Matthijs Veenendaal

Senior Scientist Integrator, TNO Estonia

H.E. Mr Raimonds Vejonis

President of Latvia Latvia

Mr Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer

Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies, French Ministry for Armed Forces France

Lt Gen Christine Whitecross

Commandant, NATO Defense College in Rome Canada

Dr Katie Woodward

Principal Psychologist, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Great Britain

Dr Claire Yorke

King's College London, Researcher and Teacher Great Britain